How Much Does ThredUp Take From Your Sale? (Clean Out vs Direct Listing)
ThredUp never prints a “cut” column. Its Clean Out guide publishes your seller share at five price anchors — 3% of a $5 sale up to 80% of a $200 sale — so ThredUp’s take at those anchors is the complement: 97% of a $5 sale shrinking to 20% of a $200 sale. A flat $14.99 (Standard) or $34.99 (Premium) service fee then comes off the bag’s earnings after items sell, never upfront. On Direct Listing, ThredUp takes 0% from the seller. This page lays out both sides of the ledger and works the net math on a $100 sale.
ThredUp take-rate figures checked 2026-10-31 against the ThredUp Clean Out guide, the ThredUp help article “How do ThredUp’s fees work?” (last updated 2026-08-28), the ThredUp Direct Listing page and the ThredUp Seller Terms (last updated 2024-12-05). United States, USD.
Feebrief is not affiliated with ThredUp and is not an official calculator. Seller shares, service fees and program terms change; confirm on the linked ThredUp pages before sending a bag.
Quick answer: ThredUp takes 100% minus your seller share
On Clean Out, ThredUp takes whatever your seller share isn’t: at the published anchors its side of the sale runs from 97% of a $5 sale down to 20% of a $200 sale, and a flat $14.99 Standard (or $34.99 Premium) service fee is then deducted from bag earnings — only after items sell, with $0 charged upfront. On Direct Listing, ThredUp’s seller-side take is 0%. US, as of 2026-10-31.
| Final selling price | You keep (share) | Your dollars | ThredUp takes (100% − share) | ThredUp’s dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5 | 3% | $0.15 | 97% | $4.85 |
| $20 | 15% | $3.00 | 85% | $17.00 |
| $50 | 30% | $15.00 | 70% | $35.00 |
| $100 | 60% | $60.00 | 40% | $40.00 |
| $200 | 80% | $160.00 | 20% | $40.00 |
Two honesty notes before you quote these numbers. The “ThredUp takes” column is arithmetic — 100% minus the guide’s published share — not a figure ThredUp prints anywhere; and the $14.99/$34.99 service fee is bag-level dollars, so it is deliberately kept out of the percentage columns below. For the full payout encyclopedia — pricing rules, consignment windows, acceptance rates — see the ThredUp seller payout hub; this page stays on the take question.
The anchor table: your share vs ThredUp’s take
ThredUp’s Clean Out guide publishes seller share of the final selling price at five anchors — 3% at $5, 15% at $20, 30% at $50, 60% at $100 and 80% at $200 — with guide-stated seller dollars of $0.15, $3, $15, $60 and $160. The take column is the complement at each anchor, derived by us; ThredUp frames the same numbers only as “your share.”
| Final selling price | Your share (guide) | You earn (guide) | ThredUp takes (derived) | ThredUp’s dollars (derived) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5 | 3% | $0.15 | 97% | $4.85 |
| $20 | 15% | $3.00 | 85% | $17.00 |
| $50 | 30% | $15.00 | 70% | $35.00 |
| $100 | 60% | $60.00 | 40% | $40.00 |
| $200 | 80% | $160.00 | 20% | $40.00 |
Base rules from the guide and the Seller Terms (last updated 2024-12-05): the share is calculated on the final selling price after markdowns and discounts, not the first listed price; it excludes any logistics surcharge; and on Premium bags the earnings impact of buyer discounts is capped at 20%. Everything else about how Clean Out pays out — consignment windows, acceptance, ineligible brands — lives on the hub page, not here.
Between the anchors: no published formula
ThredUp publishes those five discrete points and a slogan — the more an item sells for, the bigger your share — but no closed-form formula for the prices in between. So this page refuses to interpolate: there is no honest single percentage for, say, a $75 sale, and any page that quotes one is guessing. For any price that is not an anchor, ThredUp’s in-app Earnings Estimator is the official source of truth. The same skepticism applies to pages that fold the $14.99 service fee into a percentage: it is a flat dollar charge, not a rate.
The $14.99 service fee: flat dollars, not a take rate
Sending a Clean Out Kit is $0 upfront — ThredUp’s help fees page (last updated 2026-08-28) publishes no upfront fees. Once items in the bag sell, a flat service fee comes off the bag’s earnings: $14.99 for a Standard bag, $34.99 for Premium. Two rules matter to the take question. The fee is deducted only after items sell, and if the bag’s earnings come in below the fee, ThredUp does not charge you the difference — so the fee can never exceed what the bag earned.
Because the fee is bag-level dollars, it never belongs in a take-percentage column; it is a subtraction from earnings, not part of ThredUp’s cut of any single sale. Extras that do not change the take answer: the optional 30 lb Standard bag is $2.99 (sometimes $0 on promotion), Premium bags are free, and the prepaid shipping label — or shipping your own box — is free. Every other ThredUp cost line is defined in the every ThredUp fee, defined glossary.
Worked example: a $100 Clean Out sale, Standard bag
Anchor logic first, then the fee in dollars. A $100 final selling price sits exactly on an anchor, so both sides are published or derived: you keep 60% ($60.00) and ThredUp’s residual take is 40% ($40.00) before any fee modeling. Modeling the bag as if this single sale funds the whole $14.99 Standard fee: $60.00 − $14.99 = $45.01 net to you.
| Line | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Final selling price | Anchor price | $100.00 |
| Your share | 60% at this anchor (guide) | $60.00 |
| ThredUp’s take | 100% − 60% = 40% (derived, before fee modeling) | $40.00 |
| Standard service fee | Flat, deducted from bag earnings after items sell | −$14.99 |
| Net to you | $60.00 − $14.99 | $45.01 (illustrative) |
The $45.01 is labeled illustrative because the model makes one sale carry a fee that is really bag-level: real bags amortize the one-time $14.99 across many sales, so a bag with five $100 sales pays about $3.00 of fee per sale, not $14.99 each. And note the ordering — the $40.00 residual is ThredUp’s take at the anchor; the $14.99 is a separate flat charge, not part of that percentage.
Direct Listing: ThredUp takes 0% from the seller
The same $100 sale on ThredUp’s Direct Listing path costs the seller $0: ThredUp’s Direct Listing page and its June 9, 2026 newsroom announcement say sellers keep 100% of earnings when they set the price and ship the item themselves. Constraints: a $20 minimum listing price, up to 30 concurrent listings, and payout when the buyer receives and accepts the item (auto-accept 4 days after delivery). The buyer pays a separate facilitation fee whose dollar amount is not published on the page — that is buyer-side money and never comes out of your earnings. The path deep dive is ThredUp Direct Listing fees explained.
What we can’t tell you (and won’t invent)
- Cash-out transfer fee. ThredUp’s official help pages, checked 2026-10-31, do not publish a fee for cashing out credit. Third-party blogs quote a Stripe-style 1.5% + $0.25; we do not repeat it, because it is not on an official page.
- Uber pick-up. ThredUp’s own pages conflict: the help article lists $4.99 while the guide shows $9.99 struck through to a $5.99 promo. We publish no single dollar until ThredUp reconciles the two.
- Luxe payouts. ThredUp also publishes a Luxe payout-structure PDF with its own fine-grained percentage schedule — a separate, possibly legacy program. It is not the Clean Out anchor table, and we do not fold it in.
Informational page: not a Feebrief calculator
There is no calculator on this page, and Feebrief has no live calculator for ThredUp at all: the platform is not in Feebrief’s comparer data set (fees.json, last reviewed 2026-10-26), so there is no input, no live fee output and nothing to run. Every figure above is static arithmetic with its inputs shown, checked against ThredUp’s published pages on 2026-10-31. See how Feebrief sources fee data and the Feebrief disclosure; cross-marketplace comparisons live on the resale marketplace fees page, not here.
Official ThredUp pages and as-of dates
Open ThredUp’s own pages before you mail a bag. Figures here were checked on 2026-10-31.
- ThredUp Clean Out guide: thredup.com/cleanout/guide (seller-share anchors; checked 2026-10-31)
- ThredUp Help: “How do ThredUp’s fees work?”: help.thredup.com (page last updated 2026-08-28; checked 2026-10-31)
- ThredUp Direct Listing: thredup.com/direct-listing (0% seller fee; checked 2026-10-31)
- ThredUp newsroom announcement: cited by date, June 9, 2026 (Direct Listing launch terms)
- ThredUp Seller Terms: cited by title; find the current version via ThredUp’s site footer (last updated 2024-12-05)
How much does ThredUp take? FAQ
How much does ThredUp take on a Clean Out sale?
There is no single percentage. ThredUp’s Clean Out guide publishes your seller share at five price anchors, and its take is the complement: on a $5 sale you keep 3% ($0.15) and ThredUp’s side is 97% ($4.85); at $20 you keep 15% ($3.00) versus 85%; at $50, 30% ($15.00) versus 70%; at $100, 60% ($60.00) versus 40% ($40.00); at $200, 80% ($160.00) versus 20% ($40.00). A separate flat $14.99 (Standard) or $34.99 (Premium) service fee is deducted from bag earnings after items sell — $0 upfront. Figures as of 2026-10-31.
How much does ThredUp take on Direct Listing?
0% in seller fees. ThredUp’s Direct Listing page states you keep 100% of earnings when you list and ship the item yourself, so at a $100 sale the seller fee is $0. The buyer pays a separate facilitation fee whose dollar amount is not published on the page. Listings have a $20 minimum price, up to 30 concurrent listings, and payout arrives when the buyer receives and accepts the item, with auto-accept 4 days after delivery. The path deep dive is on the ThredUp Direct Listing fees page.
Is the $14.99 kit fee part of what ThredUp takes?
It is a separate flat charge, not a percentage of your sale. Sending a Clean Out Kit costs $0 upfront; after items in the bag sell, a $14.99 Standard (or $34.99 Premium) service fee is deducted from the bag’s earnings. If earnings come in below the fee, ThredUp does not charge you the difference, so the fee can never exceed what the bag earned. It belongs in dollar math on bag earnings, not in the take-rate column.
Does Feebrief have a live ThredUp calculator?
No. ThredUp is not in Feebrief’s live comparer data set (fees.json, last reviewed 2026-10-26), so there is no calculator, input or live fee output on this page — every number is static arithmetic from ThredUp’s published pages with its inputs shown. For prices between the published anchors, ThredUp’s in-app earnings estimator is the official source.
Related reading
- ThredUp seller payout (full guide): the hub — anchors, pricing rules, consignment windows and acceptance rates.
- Every ThredUp fee, defined: the full cost glossary behind the two lines used here.
- ThredUp Direct Listing fees explained: the 0% seller-fee path in depth.
- How to raise your ThredUp payout: tactics that move the share — this page states the take and gives none.
- Resale marketplace fee comparison: how ThredUp’s take compares across the platforms Feebrief covers.
Disclaimer
Seller shares, service fees and program terms change and can vary by promotion, bag type and account. Feebrief is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by ThredUp, and this page is not an official calculator or estimator. The derived take column and worked example are Feebrief arithmetic on ThredUp’s published anchors, not ThredUp statements. Always check ThredUp’s official pages and your own payout statement for the amounts that will actually be deducted. Examples exclude sales tax, optional bag purchases, pick-up services and cash-out transfer fees unless stated.